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Bridging the Political Divide: Christian Perspectives

October 11 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

The Sylvania Franciscan Village is pleased to present a Father Bacik Lecture on “Bridging the Political Divide: Christian Perspectives” from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Father Jim Bacik will draw on Catholic social teaching and the example of the late Senator John McCain to offer suggestions for bridging the partisan divide between conservatives and liberals, Republicans and Democrats, and President Trump loyalists and critics.

Tickets: $10 reserved; $15 at the door. For more information or to reserve tickets, contact Laurie Bertke at lbertke@sistersosf.org or 419-824-3515. Please leave your name and the number of tickets requested. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.sylvaniafranciscanvillage.org.

This lecture is part of Fr. Bacik’s fall series, “Bridging our Polarized Divisions: Drawing on Christian Wisdom.” Lectures in this series focus on bridging the various divisions that threaten our society today by retrieving relevant insights from the Christian tradition. The final lecture in the series is “Bridging the Economic Divide: Christian Perspectives” on Thursday, Nov. 8.